Training Log Archive: the kempster

long distance. holy macaroni! i don't think i've ever run so fast for so long in my whole entire life!!! by control 10 eric, igor, and mike had all caught up to me so there were lots of people to push the pace. made a silly mistake on 4 and then my route to 10 was a bit iffy/squiggly but i really didn't want to run along the trail so cutting through the woods was an adventure. ended up being mike and i leap frogging until 20. then i got reckless and didn't look at my compass at all cutting across the trails and ended up wayyyyy too far to the east. fixed it alright but lost mike. oooh shucks!! :P :P finished the rest of the course just fine apart from being totally exhuasted and wanting to walk down the finish chute. :P really happy about my orienteering at that speed. could read the map just fine i know i just need to look at my compass more for bearings and read ahead to figure out routes and the like. fantabulous weekend and really enjoyed the woods and course!!!! :)

C • more compass! 2

Long - Blue - Splits

Event: Buffalo Orienteering Festival
 

tricky middle distance. really super duper excited to get started but had to take the first couple controls slow cause i found the map really hard to follow. didn't make any big mistakes. ended up too high on 7 and then was really hesistant on 11. oh and 14 i got super confused cause my map was oriented wrong. hehe... oopsy doopsy. fun race though and felt really strong the whole way!!

oh my goodness gracious me!!! ran sooooo hard the whoooooole time and i almost beat eric cept i slipped in the finish shoot and we tied. sigh...
:P oh well!! had boatloads of fun expecially when we got to run right down the ski hill!!! :)

Middle - Blue - Splits

Sprint - Course 3 - Splits

1500m race that i didn't really want to do. first time racing it as a senior and holy macaroni it was an adventure. nothing too exciting happened cept that i had this epic kick at the end trying to say ahead of the girl behind me. eeek!!!!

C • wow 5

to and from the track meet.

steeplechase!!!! woot woot!!!!! west conference meet so we only had to come top 8 to qualify for the next meet. didn't bust my knee open on any steeples, or fall headfirst into the water pit like someone else i know coughmollycough... :P:P super duper fun race and i felt super duper strong the whole time even on the last lap when the girl behind me was threatening my lead. oh and it was super dee duper windy so that's why the times are a tad slower than usual.

same lady with the same pesky dog running around lose on the hill. oh bother. still some alright times for so early in the morning.
14:02 warmup
4:40 first set
4:31 second set
4:33 third set
4:30 fourth set
only took a minute rest in between sets and still felt fine. dumptruck loads of funn!!!!!

warm up and cool down plus putting out a control.

control taking training!!!!! kind of got a pretty good system down but it's soooo hard to run, look at my control card, know where i'm going, and not run smack into a tree. just crazyyyy!!!